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Elmore Town Square

Environments Designed by Jazzmyne Kellogg

At a glance

Tier
1
Type
Social
Difficulty
12
Impulses
Nurture community

Environment overview

A bustling, colorful plaza filled with villages preparing for the Stewpot Festival. Lanterns sway, stewpots bubble, kids run between stalls, and the Mayor is practicing his speech for the fifteenth time.

Potential adversaries

Merchants, Weavers, Cooks, Mayor

Features

Passives

passive
  • All Recipes Lead Here

    During preparations and celebration of the Stewpot Festival, PC as disadvantage on Presence Rolls made to take actions that don't fit the Festivities or support the community way.

  • Festival Momentum

    As PCs help villagers and participate in festival tasks, they earn Festival Tokens. Accepting a task earns the PC 1 Festival Token, and completing a task earns the PC a second Festival Token.

Actions

action
  • Rumors Abound
    Fear 1

    Spend a fear and a villager or festival volunteer within very close range of a PC, pick one per Fear:
    *"Something's been stealing stew ingredients at night."
    *"The Plover's haven't been singing lately..."
    *"Old Rusk says the cave runes are flickering."
    *"A miner swears he saw glowing eyes in the dark."
    *"The Mayor says everything is fine, so obviously it isn't."
    *"The ground shook yesterday...just a little."

Reactions

reaction
  • Festival Crowd Chaos
    Fear 1

    As a PC begins or finishes a festival task overexcited festival goers press in. Pick an appropriate option:
    *Excited townsfolk swarm the PC with questions, praise, and requests. PC must make reaction roll or become distracted.
    *Villagers crowd Stew pot, begging for samples. PC must make reaction roll or drop/spill stew.
    *PC participates or wins mini game, kids and adults rush them, PC makes reaction roll or be mobbed by fans.
    *Goat (or other animal) escapes and the crowd surges to catch it, PC makes reaction roll or get knocked to the ground.
    *Market traffic, shoppers and vendors block their path, arguing over prices, PC makes reaction roll or is delayed in next minor action.
    *PC asks about Plover Caves, PC makes reaction roll or becomes overwhelmed with misinformation.
    *Too close to stage, PC makes reaction roll or assistants, scribes, and fans of the mayor swarm to pass off mayor's scrolls to hold.

About this environment

PCs earn festival tokens for completing tasks, and avoiding distractions. This also gives PCs the chance to interact and create or cement their background stories. This environment is friendly, chaotic, and full of opportunities for tokens, overhear rumors, and earn advantages before attack.

Elmore Town Square

Tier 1 Social

A bustling, colorful plaza filled with villages preparing for the Stewpot Festival. Lanterns sway, stewpots bubble, kids run between stalls, and the Mayor is practicing his speech for the fifteenth time.

Impulses: Nurture community

Difficulty: 12

Potential Adversaries: Merchants, Weavers, Cooks, Mayor

Features

All Recipes Lead Here - Passive: During preparations and celebration of the Stewpot Festival, PC as disadvantage on Presence Rolls made to take actions that don't fit the Festivities or support the community way.
Festival Momentum - Passive: As PCs help villagers and participate in festival tasks, they earn Festival Tokens. Accepting a task earns the PC 1 Festival Token, and completing a task earns the PC a second Festival Token.
Rumors Abound - Action: Spend a fear and a villager or festival volunteer within very close range of a PC, pick one per Fear: *"Something's been stealing stew ingredients at night." *"The Plover's haven't been singing lately..." *"Old Rusk says the cave runes are flickering." *"A miner swears he saw glowing eyes in the dark." *"The Mayor says everything is fine, so obviously it isn't." *"The ground shook yesterday...just a little."
Festival Crowd Chaos - Reaction: As a PC begins or finishes a festival task overexcited festival goers press in. Pick an appropriate option: *Excited townsfolk swarm the PC with questions, praise, and requests. PC must make reaction roll or become distracted. *Villagers crowd Stew pot, begging for samples. PC must make reaction roll or drop/spill stew. *PC participates or wins mini game, kids and adults rush them, PC makes reaction roll or be mobbed by fans. *Goat (or other animal) escapes and the crowd surges to catch it, PC makes reaction roll or get knocked to the ground. *Market traffic, shoppers and vendors block their path, arguing over prices, PC makes reaction roll or is delayed in next minor action. *PC asks about Plover Caves, PC makes reaction roll or becomes overwhelmed with misinformation. *Too close to stage, PC makes reaction roll or assistants, scribes, and fans of the mayor swarm to pass off mayor's scrolls to hold.

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